Fri.Nov 03, 2023

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Patent Filings Roundup: Nokia Takes on Amazon, New Fintiv Denial, Semiconductor Settlement

IP Watchdog

It was another slow week for patent filings at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and a typical week in district courts, with 52 district court complaints filed and 22 new PTAB petitions. There was a new discretionary denial, a bunch of litigation-provoked high-profile PTAB challenges, and some notable new litigations. There was another Fintiv discretionary denial this week: here, a Chinese patent owner, Ningde Amperex Technology Ltd., benefited from the Board’s discretionary denial rules

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Arnold & Porter is Seeking a Patent Law Clerk/Patent Agent

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Arnold & Porter, an international law firm, is seeking a Life Sciences Patent Law Clerk or Patent Agent for the Intellectual Property practice group in the Washington DC office. This is a full-time, permanent position. The Patent Law Clerk/ Patent Agent will be directly supervised by an attorney and get individualized patent law training. Ideal candidates will have a minimum of one year of patent law clerk/technical specialist/patent agent experience.

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HTC Hit With $9 Million Damages Award After Losing Out on FRAND Rates as an Unwilling Licensee

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On October 16, a jury verdict entered in the District of Delaware awarded $9 million to 3G Licensing, a subsidiary of European patent pool operator Sisvel, after finding that Taiwanese consumer electronics company HTC Corp. willfully infringed upon a pair of cellular telecommunications patents. The verdict follows summary judgment rulings in the case against HTC and other defendants, who argued that the asserted patents were encumbered by fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensin

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Other Barks & Bites for Friday, November 3: Biden Administration Establishes AI Safety Institute; CAFC Affirms Attorney Fees Win for Amazon; and Appeals Court Revives Fortnite Dance Copyright Case

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This week in Other Barks & Bites: Nokia files patent infringement lawsuit against Amazon and HP in multiple jurisdictions; a UK software company begins a “David and Goliath” trademark battle with Meta; and the Biden Administration announces the establishment of the new AI Safety Institute, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issues a split precedential ruling on attorneys' fees in favor of Amazon.

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Trellis Launches Trellis AI to Streamline Trial Court Litigation

Trellis AI leverages the largest repository of state trial court data to help litigators evaluate cases, automate brief drafting, suggest winning strategies, and more. Key components: Draft Arguments — Uses similar/successful motions in the Trellis database to generate arguments/citations for your motions seeking dismissal, summary judgment, etc. Case Assessment — Predict the likely outcomes of a case at any stage to help you decide to accept it, guide motion practice, make settlement offers, an